Elizabeth Bagby

	NOVELS & NOVELLAS
		The Crazy Garden (September 2007, Press 53) A bewildering new world of intrigue, ambition, betrayal, and disappointment opens for sixteen-year-old Sophy when a family vacation leads to a dangerous entanglement with her sister's fiancé. Read an excerpt. Order a copy from Press 53 (or, if you prefer, from Amazon).
	*In the Tower* (2008) A summary would normally go here, but I don't yet know how this book ends. It's a web-only serial novel—a chapter a week. I serialized the first draft of The Crazy Garden for my best friend; it makes sense to try broadening the audience. Serialization helps me. I'm obsessive about editing, often to the point of paralysis; serialization is good strong medicine for that. So probably certain errors and notes to myself will make it into this manuscript. Take them for what they are—a glimpse into the creative process—and feel privileged to know that only online readers will ever get to see them. Note: These links will take you off this site, to Blogger. I tried to keep all the content on this site, but the computer crashed—badly—every time I tried to upload a chapter. A novel that disables your computer once a week is perhaps not worth writing. So a dedicated blog seems to be the best answer. However, since it's a blog, the most recent content is posted at the top. If you're coming to this project in the middle of the action, you may want to follow the chapter links below rather than go to the blog's main page, so as to avoid spoilers. Chapter 1, part 1 Chapter 1, part 2 Chapter 2
	*Rook* It's a bitter winter for Jeffrey Rook, a food critic in the habit of accepting bribes from Chicago chefs. When his marriage crumbles, an unexpected relative turns up, and the bribery becomes public, Jeffrey must confront what he has kept at bay all his life—his past, and himself. Read an excerpt. Second runner-up for the 2003 William Faulkner Creative Writing Awards, Novel category (judged by Julia Glass). Runner-up for the 2002 James Jones First Novel Fellowship. An excerpt appeared in the February 2003 issue of *The Tap*.
	SHORT STORIES
	"S" "S" is featured in the anthology Life Sentences, edited by Anthony M. Pinn and Gregory M. T. Colleton, published in October 2007 by Wipf & Stock.
		"The Shape of Grief" Adapted into a screenplay by Philip Kobylanski. Philip's screenplay was runner-up in the University of North Carolina's inaugural RiverRun Story to Screenplay competition. His script is excerpted alongside my story in the contest's anthology, now available from Amazon.